Golf bag



June 5, 1928.

. R. E. THOMPSON GOLF BAG Filed May 13, 1925 www# l .www .W2K @y Patented June 5, 1928. u UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.,

ROBERT E. THOMPSON, F DES `MOINES, IOWA.

GOLF BAG.

`Application ,filed May 13, 1.925. Serial No. 29,950.

The object of my invention is to provide a so that thevertical line through the center .golf bag ofvery simple, durable and inexof gravity will always extend through the pensive construction, constructed in a form bottom. That is to say, the outline of the tapered from its bottom to its top and tabottom should be large eno-ugh so that the pered to a sufficient ydegree that the bag will bag may stand upright by itself, and the 60 readily stand upright. overhanging heads of the clubs at the upper A further object is to providev in such a end of the bag will not CaliSe it t0 tip over. bag .at the upper end thereof a flexible mem- L In order to further contribute to the` deber provided with a series of loops for af- Slred result, towit, a golf bag structure in fording means for holding the clubs sepawhich the parts are so arranged that the bag 65 rated in definite relative positions. Wlll Stand upright when placed on the Still a further object is to provide in such grOund or the floor, I have provided another a bag a reinforcing memberl extending along feature. At the tOp 0f the bag is a reinforcthe upright wall thereof and in-turned at its 111g Peripheral member 14. Inside the bag lower end and secured to the bottom of the n ear the top there is provided a series of di-` 70 be for affording better reinforoement vldersfor holding single clubs. These series With these and other objects in view, my 0l' dlVldelS may be formed by taking a flexiinvention consists in t-he construction, arble member 15,fasten1ng 1t at regular interrangement and combination of the various Vals 1 6 t0 the -Slde Wall 0f the bag and thus 2o parte of my golf beg, whereby the objeots forming a s erles of loops 17. These loops 75 contemplated are attained, as hereinafter COOperate with the tapered shape of the bag more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, for producing. a f bag which will properly and illustrated in the accompanying draw- Stand u prlght 111 the followmg manuel, inge, in which; It will be readily understood that it 1s Figure l is an elevation of a golf bag emharder to make a bag stand upright if all of 80 bodying my invention the clubs tend to lean in one direction.

Figure 2 is a detailed, sectional view taken Where the Clubs are Slipped through the on the line 2 2 or' Figure 1, loops 17, they are divided around the wall Figure 3 is a, top or plan View .of the bag; of the bag, so that they do not all tend to and hang over one side of the bag. These di- 86 Figure 4. is an inverted, plan view of one viders therefore combined With the tapered of the forms in which the beg may be em shape of the bag msure that the bag will bodied, stand upright when placed on the ground.

In the accompanying drawings, I have Securedto the upright wall yof the bag is used the reference numeral 10 to indicate il SelleS 0f reinforcing members 13, which 90 generally the bottom of my improved golf may be of any desired material. At their bag, which may be round, as in the form lower ends the members 13 are in-turned, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, or triangular at 18, and are Secured t0 the bottom 10 by as illustrated at 10a in Figure 4 or rectangurivet? 19 0r Other Suitable means. 1er 0r oval or any desired Shape, It 1s, of course, important in order to make 95 The bottom 10 may be of fiber or any suita bag which will stand upright that the side able material and preferably has its edges at Walls Should be Connected with the bottom Cil its periphery turned down as at 11. so that the bag will not collapse at the lower The olf bag has a side wall 12 preferably end. made of leather, canvas or other suitable flexi- I mention this in particular because most loo ble material reinforced with upright wires, golf bags are made with upright reinforcing bers or the like 13 of Suiiieient rigidity to members which terminate just short of the prevent the bag from collapsing from top bottom so that the leather or canvas of the to bottom. side wall might readily collapse adjacent to One of the important features of my bag the bottom and such bags could not be made 105 is its tapered shape. The bag is of considerto stand upright.

ably .greater diameter at the bottom than at The bag is provided with a suitable hanthe top as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. dle 20 on its outside so located that the bag Such a bag should have enough flare from with the clubs therein balances when grasped n: top to bottom or taper from bottom to top, by the handle.

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y The flared bottom helps to secu-re abetter balance for the `bag 'than can be secured Wit-'h bags of the ordinary construction. l

A suitable carrying ,strap ,2l may be ias tened to the bag.

A closure strap 23 may be provided at-the top of the bag, but these latter are features which are not peculiar to this bag'. The `bag proper may be provided with the usual aecessories, such for instance as the belllpocket 2li on the outside of the bag.

The bagl maybe made of any proper material and may be varied in shape as has vbeen heretofore suggested so long -as it retains the real 'features oi my invention, ,and

it is my intention to Cover' by my claim any such modifications in details of structure or use oi mechanical equivalents as may be reathe spiritof my inrods secured to the wall of said bag, feet formed lon the bottom ends of said rods and riveted to said bottom member, a flexible strip secured to the inside of said Waifl adjaCent't-he top thereof at spaced. intervals for receiving the handles of golf clubs tor ithe purpose distributing'their Weight around 'the top of `the bag to ena-ble yift-to stand. in upright position.

Des Moines, l-oava,

ROBERT LT-HfoMPsoN.

December V31,*

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